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ORIGINAL ARTWORK by ROBERT STRACHAN

THE PAINTINGS HERE ALTERNATE BETWEEN REEF AND RAINFOREST POINT OF DEPARTURE.
SOME OF THEM ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE
OR HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOLD, (INDICATED BY A RED ASTERIX*).
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME TO DISCUSS THE
PAINTINGS, POSSIBLE SALES OR PERHAPS A COMMISSION.

'INFINITE BLUE' HAS A SCALE AND DEPTH WHICH TAKES THE VIEWER RIGHT IN. THE DYNAMIC COMPOSTITION AND SUGGESTIVE ICONOGRAPHY IMPARTS A FEELING OF THE SLIGHTLY OFF-BALANCE BOYANCY OFTEN ENCOUNTERED ON THE REEF.

INFINITE BLUE 1800 X 1500 *

'KAT'S TURTLE IDYLL' IS A RESULT OF
AN EXCHANGE OF EMAILS AND A PHONE CALL
OR TWO WITH A FRIEND WHO HAD SPENT A
FEW DREAMY WEEKS IN COSTA RICA
INCLUDING SEVERAL SPECIAL HOURS
WITH SOME TURTLES ON THE BEACH.

KAT'S TURTLE IDYLL1000 X 800 *

WITH WARM LUMINOSITY, 'FORESTLIGHT' HOLDS A SOFT INTIMACY WHICH ALLOWS FOR CONTEMPLATION OF THE ORGANIC FOREST FORMS.

FORESTLIGHT 1000 X 900

PROJECTING A STRONG SENSE
OF VOLUME, DEPTH AND DIVERSITY
'DEEP REEF' MOVES FROM THE
MANY-HUED CLARITY OF THE NEAR SURFACE DOWN INTO A CHARGED LUMINOSITY OF THE BLUE DEEP.

DEEP REEF 1800 X 1600 *

A TROPICAL MORNING LIGHT ON BANANA LEAVES, REFLECTING THE QUIET CONTRAST BETWEEN THE DEPARTING COOL NIGHT AIR AND
THE WARMTH OF THE COMING DAY.

CORAL COAST MORNING * 1200 X 900

HALSTEAD REEF 2000 X 1000 *

WITH SURGING MOVEMENT AND DEPTH, BALANCED BY LIVELY DETAIL
AND ORGANIC REEFORMS, THIS LARGE REEFSCAPE HAS THE SCALE TO LET THE
EYE WANDER ABOUT AND FEEL THE DYNAMIC VITALITY OF THE REEF EXPERIENCE.

'REEFSCAPE TUMULT' HAS A LIVELY
ENERGY AND ANIMATED COMPOSITION
WHICH SEEMS TO STRIVE TO ESCAPE
THE BOUNDS OF THE PAINTING.

REEFSCAPE TUMULT 1010 X 910

IN THIS ALLEGORICAL

TRILOGY I CALLED 'NATURE ICON',

I STRIVED TO MAKE

THE SIMPLE STATEMENT

THAT AS STEWARDS IN THE WORLD,

WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN KEEPING

OUR BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT

POISED IN A DELICATE BALANCE.

THROUGH OUR ACTIONS WE CAN

DETERMINE IF OUR NATURAL WORLD IS

HELD SECURE IN OUR HANDS, OR

IS ALLOWED TO SLIP AWAY THROUGH

OUR FINGERS, LEAVING ONLY A

JUMBLED DESTRUCTION.

'NATURE ICON' IS A DEPARTURE

FROM MY USUAL WORK.

THE IDEA OF A MONUMENTAL

HAND HOLDING A FOREST, WHICH

WAS THEN SLOUGHED OFF WITH

THE SIMPLE TWIST OF THE WRIST

JUST CAME TO ME ONE DAY AND I WAS

COMPELLED TO DO IT. THE THIRD

PAINTING, WITH A SMALLER HAND

HOLDING THE SPROUTING SEED IS

INTENDED AS A SYMBOL OF FRESH

PROMISE IN THE LIGHT OF NEW DAY.

NATURE ICON 1 1000 X 850

NATURE ICON 2 1000 X 850

NATURE ICON 3 1000 X 850

THIS PAINTING WAS COMMISSIONED BY A FRIEND WHO GREW UP ON A BANANA FARM. SHE WANTED TO HAVE THE IMAGERY RECALL THE SHAPES AND COLOURS OF THAT TIME.

TRIXIE'S BANANAS 1200 X 900 *